The Boys of Paul Street (1969)

Original title

A Pál utcai fiúk

Directed by

Zoltán Fábri

Genre

drama film

Country

United States, Hungary

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a story about a group of boys in Budapest who defend their empty lot from a rival gang. It focuses on their loyalty and a quiet boy named Erno Nemecsek who makes a sacrifice for his friends.

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What happens

The Boys of Paul Street (Hungarian: A Pál utcai fiúk) is a 1969 Hungarian-American drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and based on the 1906 young adult novel The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It features English-speaking (American and British) child actors (led by Anthony Kemp as Ernő Nemecsek) accompanied by Hungarians including Fábri's favorite actress Mari Törőcsik as Nemecsek's mother. The film is acclaimed as the best and most faithful adaptation of Molnár's source novel and a highlight of Hungarian film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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